Manifolding device for typewriting-machines



W. C. SHOUP AND W. E. OLiVEfi.

MANlFOLDING DEVICE FOR TYPEWRITING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR-11,1918.

1,383,346. enwd. July 5, 1323..

' 4 SHEEIS-SHEET u ucnfotifl' WAN f1? C. 67/01/1 WALT/5E lSOL/VEE W. C.SHOUP AND W. E. OLIVER. MANSFOLDING DEVICE FOR TYPEWRI'HNG MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. II, 1918.

Patented July 5, 1921.

4 5HEEIS-SHEH 3 W. C. SHOUF AND W. UHVEE. MANIFOLDING DEWCE FORTYPEWRIHNG MACHINES.

APPHCAHON ilLED APR. I1, 1918.

Patented July 5,, 1921;

4 SHEEIS-SHEET MAHIFDIQINQ? To (all miom ag co-iviccw-n lie it knownthat We, vi iii! incl T l-ALTER E. OLIVER, citizens oi i Fili'ziies, andresidents of the city i i the county of Hudson and Jersey, havein'venterl certain new and. useful improvements in ll'lanifollliiigllevices for 'lfypewriting-Machines, of which ilie follow iiigz is aspecification. This invention relotes in. generei to time class'o'lmaniiolcling (le 'iccs iii which aplerality of serips of fabric arearranged in superposition over a substantially fiat writing bed orplaten, with inenifolding material interposed between each two adjacentstrips so that matter inscribed upon the uppermost strip will bereproduced eiitogra 'iliically upon the other strips. The presentinvciition, however, has more specific reference to a menifolding devicein con cetion with. which a. typewriter machine of sort commonly knownas a book typewriter is employed for the writing opemi' in a co-penclingimplication, 19, 1916, Serial No. iii-6.6233. at length to the comniierci f rleiices of the ssirigerieiz clef mrious objections to ihose use 5pi in,

development of the ill'i'eillliOlll upon soul application was based,leyi: 7 ml stress upon the lsct that since i swinery lo use withmenii'oldinp" strips of paper or other fabriclmvi initially inscribediliei'eupoo an-(i .o necessary or clesiriible that limiter wrimieicertain points noon the up iermost oi": ef'plw rclity of superposedforms shall be repi'c dnced at corresponding poiiiis 1:. pen. "the"iorins underneath, it is of the iii'most importance that the meansemployed? for eilmnc ing the strips over the wriiing; ii shall lieulzmted lo i'nsure substi ntially regislLi'lliLlOll oi the superposed.'lorme predeierniined point in show mlvmic i C ur said coeiiclingapplication cl b by which tli said requiremeni successfully andsetisiimlloril objections overcome, and siin employed in themeniliolciiilg 1.! to herein.

In the use of a typewriter periormiiig ice rererre l imp; operation,however, other clifiiculiies have been eiicorwiere(l perhaps the mostserious-oi which results from the feet the menifolrling" devices withwhich as the largest forms to be used therewith, the

of contact between said bed and the lowermost of the paper strips is sogreat and the frictional engagement bet veen these two so pronounced asto make ii diiiicult to advance the strips, thereby necessitating theapplication ofiexcessive force thereto; furthermore, the large areaof'contect between adjacent strips, or between the strips and themaniiolriing; materiel, (lees iioib mizrlll; be supposed, appreciablydecrease th likelihood of clisarrenging the euperpoeerl form, so as to..Q'Gli them out of regisier, when advancing 1cm. Then, too, one'lormaticii of What may llc termed air 'ooclzeis between. the superposedstrips, due -almost entirely ioiiie'menner iii which they c e supportedby the Wrii- J? 2%,t611u5 to cause (liscrrm ge meniof the sirios, andinterferes seriously with the production of clear manifold copies.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide means forsormounting the said llifiiooliies 11ml overcoming the said ohjectionsarranging for the use of a writing bed which may be much smaller, in atleast one dimension, than the forms to be employed. therewith. Ulllleiobjects are to combine said means Wiilll the means disclosed in ourLao-pending application aforesaid for in suring uniform mlmncement ofiiie super- )osed paper strips. and with means for mechanicallyadvancing; the meniiolding stripe,

also to accomplish the foregoing'olijects by the use of mechanism theirquires a minimum of manual attendance, is simple dependable and unlikelyto get out of order, has few Wearing parts is com mrzitivelyinexpensive, and is so designerl'iiiicl' constructed that all portionsthereof are readily accessi 'lLiQ for repairs and replacements.

.by means of which advancement of the ;.tures of our invention are fullyset forth in the following description of the accompanying drawings,which form part oi? this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a,sectional side elevation of our improved nmniiolding device;

Fig} is a perspective view of the some, with the typewriter omitted;

Figs. 3 and l are enlarged detail views in sectional sideelevstionshowing two different positions of our improved writing bed;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged top-plan detail view of the mechsnism foradvancing the paper strips and the maniiolding strips; a

Fig. .6 i's "an enlarged isometric detail view of thephper-strip-sdvsncing mocha. nism;

Fig. '2 is an enlarged detail view, in sectional side elevation, showingthe devices paper strips is caused to be resumed after having beenstopped automatically;

Fig. 8 is a of the mechanism for advancing the of manifolding material;

Fig. 9 is e scctionoldeteil view taken substcntially on line 9-9 of Fig.5.

Referring now to the drawing in detail,

strips the frame oi our improved device is construcwd of i'our similaruprights or legs, 5,

6, 7 and 8, preferably of metal tubing, secured together by means oftubing members 9, 10, 11,-12, 13 and 14. .lilonnted upon members 10 and12 are the supports 15 and 16 for the typewriter 17, which is adapted totravel backward onclforward on cogged rails 18 end 19 carried by saidsupports. Six rolls of paper are shown, although it is manifest that :1.greater or less number may be employed if desired, said rolls being111111 bored, respectively, 2Q, .21, 22, 23, 24 and 25-, and beingrotatably mounted between the horizontal combo-r526 and 27 connectedwith members 15 and 16 by members 28, 29. 30 end. 3l. As is the case inor. copending application aiorcseid, each of the strips of pope's hasholes initielly punched or otherwise formed therein at predeterminedpoints, as indicated at 22*, one 25. The

five rolls of carbon paper, 32, 33, 34:, 35 and 36, are rotatablymounted between members 37 and 38 at the leftdumchside of the frame(Fig. 2). The strips from the six paper rolls are led over suitable{guide roll ers located near the front of the frame, and thencerearwerdly over the writing bed or pie-ten 39, end the strips from the.five rolls or. manifoldinp' materiel ore led over similar guide i llers,at right angles to the paper strips, each carbon-paper strip bein o;interposed between respective pair of paper strips. and the free ends ofall five of said nianiii'oldinp; introduced detail view, in endelevation,

messes between. two grip rollers, Q0 and 41 which" are of the samediameter, and are geared together so that when one of them is caused torevolve the others revolves at the same rate oi speed, saidgrip rollersbeing thus adapted to advance the set of manifolding R strips with sostaniicl uniformity.

After passing over piston 39, the siX paper strips are interposedbetween a roller 42 and a shaft 4&3. on the letter 01'. which aresecured two similar annular disks, d4: and

of the same diameter as roller &2, shaft 43 being locatedverticallyunderneath roller 42 in position for said disks to cooperatewith said roller in advancing said strips.

. 113 at right angles thereto, a. hand crank 51 being secured atone endof said shaft while at lts other end 1s secured a bevel gear 52 in.rncshwith bevel gear 47. Upon shaft 48,

between members 49 and 50, is loosely mounted a sleeve 53, and upon saidsleeve 15 secured an arm 54: having. a p n-andslot connection with anarm 55 loosely inmintedupon a reduced extension 56 or roller 40, saidarm 55 carrying a pawl 55 adopted to engage s ratchet 57 securednpon'said extension 56. A finger 58 is secured to sleeve so that bymeans oi said finger said sleeve may be turned through a. partial revolotion, thereby turning roller 40, and thus also roller 41, through themedium of arms 54: and 55, pawl 55 and ratchet 57, to ad Vance the fivestrips of carbon palper.

it shaft having a milled or knurled knob 59 at one end tl'lercoi islocated Vere ticolly below shaft '-l 3, e.nd one side of shaft 5!) cutawzi'y near each its ends to form a plane sm'i ztcc at the points wheresaid shaft is embraced by slots (30 in the brackets 60 in which rolleriil-is journsled. Thus, when said plane surfaces uppermost, said rollcz'held yicldingly in its lowermost position by springs 1 secured nearthelower cnds oi" brackets 60, while, upon turning shall 59 through Apartial revolution, roller 42 is moved upward away from shaft l3against. the action of springs 61. A shaft 62 is located below shaft 59,and nearer the front of the frame than theletter, and is held yieldinglyagainst revolution in one direction by a. spring; 63. Upon shaft (32 islooscly mounted a piuvl 64, the hole therein which embraces said shaftbeing of somewhat gzrcstcr diameter than the shaft, and the free end ofsaid pawl being adapted to contact with '21 cylindrical sleeve 65loosely mounted upon shztft 4i *rnidwoy between:

disks 4'4 and 45, and to engage grooves 65 two of which are formeddiametrically ,op-' posite' each other in the periphery of sleeve 65/ Anarm 66 is secured upon shaft 62 adjacent pawl .64, and to the free endof said arm is loosely secured a vertically-disposed -plate 67 havingtwo similar fingers 68 projecting from its upper edge in line with disks44 and 45. Plate 67 is held in place partly by arm 66, partly bya'projeotion 69 onpawl 64, and partly'by contact of fingers 68 with ahorizontal plate 7 0 extending'over paw1 64 and arn 1 66. Between sleeve65 and disk 44 is interposedloose-spacing collar 71, and between saidsleeve and disk 45 is a loosely-mounted spring 72 the tendency of whichis to cause sleeve 65 to revolve withshaft 435' A spring.-Z3" tends tohold pawl 64 in its most advanced position toward shaft 43, and arm 66is provided witha lug 74 extending toward pawl 64, normally above andfree from said pawl but in position to engage it upon downward movementof the free end of said arm.

As fully described in our co-pending ap plication aforesaid, revolutionof roller 42 and shaft 43 with its disks 44 and 45 will cause thesuperposed paper strips to be advanced until the holes therein areengaged by said disks, whereupon advancement of.

; said strips will cease," and their sidewise positions will beregulated b engagement of lingers 68 with said holes. lpon depressingfingers 68, and at the same time disengagin pawl 64 from'groove 65, inthe manner do:v

scribed herinafter, sleeve 65 .is free. to turn with shaft 43'sufficiently to advance the paper st'l'ips until the holes therein areno longer engaged by disks 44 and 45, whereupolrthe groove in sleevewhich was last uppermost will 'be engaged by pawl 64, thus terminatingrevolution of said sleeve, and

disks 44 and 45will again be adapted to co operate with roller 42 inadvancing the strips; meanwhile, the tendency of sleeve 65 to berevolved with shaft 43 will move awl 64 to its farthermost position awaysaid shaft, against .theaction of spring 73.

A plate)? 5 located adjacent roller 42 serves as a tearing blade b meansof which the advanctl portions 0 the paper strips may be detachedmanually.

Near the end of sleeve -53'which is adjacent bevel gear .52, is securedan arm 76 which is pivotally connected with an arm 77 secured toextension 62 of'shaft 62, so that, upon turning sleeve 53 manually bymeans of finger 58, shaft 62 is turned against the action of spring 63,thereby depressing plate 67 and hence fingers 68, through the medium of.arm ;66 secured upon shaft 62, while at thesam time lug .74 on' arm 66moves pawl 65 pawl beingthen' moved 'forward by spring-writing-operalfion is 64 downward anddisengages-the free end thereoffrorr. groove 65 of sleeve 65, said rom' 73 to a position. such that itwill not ag engage the same groove and upward mo ment of its free endwill be limite l "ua engagement with the Ci1( l J. 1 e

sleeve 65. So long as the 64"is thus held in its depre arms 54 and 55,and arms "56 remain in the'positions shown in in-Eigs. 8 and 9, but,nponturning a l in advance, sleeve 65 will turn therewith an til pawl:64engages that one of the grooves 65 which was last'uppermost, 'wli. shaft62 will be turned byzictia- 63, and arms 54,55, '76 and 7? turned to thepositions shown in Figs. 8 and 9,. At the will be moved upward; into y.meat with the lowermost of "the pa ,1151. ad s, in position to engagethe succeeding holes in the strips when they have been advancedsufiiciently. I

Roller 41', which co'operates with roller '46 to advance thecarbon-paper strips, mount ed in brackets/T8, provided with springs 79and movable by means of a shaft 80 have inga milled or knurled knob8lthereon, the functions and operation of said brackets, springs andshaft being similar to those of brackets 60, springs 61 and shaft 59.

The gear wheels 82 upon which type- 'Writer- 17 is mounted are adaptedto travelupon the cogged rails 18 and 19, the teeth of said wheels beingin mesh with those of said rails. Since the details construction ,of thetypewriter and the manner in which caused to move backward. and forwardon its supporting rails form no part cit the present invention and areold and well known, it is not thought" necessary to tie scribe themherein.

Platen "8'9 is rigidly supported between two vertical members 83, whichare connected-by two horizontal members 84 with two vertical which. inturn are connected with two horizontal members 66 having grooves 87therein, said grooves engaging lugs or other proiecticns {not shown) onthe typewriter 1'7, The frame which comprises menibersf83, 64, 3511116.86 is mounted upon wheels 88 adapteilto travel upon tracks 89, thelatter being substantially horizontal throughout, except that they curvedownward near their forward ends on account of the fact that theguide'rollers over which .the'paper strips 'are ledjare be low the plane of-p'laten' 39 andit is desirable that when said platen is in closeproximity to said rollers it shall-beat or pear their level.

' Disregar in approximately the position intlicaterl at 90 in Fig. 3,the length olfmembei'sbo of i the frame which supports salfl platen and"the location of grooves 87 therein beingsueh that at all timesthe..,type, when Ithe'typ writer is'operated, strike above-said platen.

having depressed linger 58 t0 1"eleaSe fingers.

68 from the holes in saidioi'me and disengage pmvl 64: from groove untilexlvanoement of the paper strips ceases upon engage ment of disks 44-anel 45 with the l oleein the succeeding set of forms, whereupon thepositions of said strips are regulated trans versely by engagement offing'ei's'68 with.

said holes. Although depression of finger 58 for the purpose justreferred to automatically causes advancement of the five carbon-paperstrips, it is manifest that said strips may be advanced a greaterclistanoe' or at any time by depressing said fing er the necessarynumber of times, and. that said strips will remain stationary if roller41' be moved away from roller l0 by turning shaft 80.

it will be noted that, While the length of platen 39 is practically thesame as, or

slightly greater than, the Width of the papei Strips. the Width ofsaiolv platen 1s cleeitledly less' than the length of any of the formssuch as are useol with inanitolding (leyices,--

in fact, We have found in practice that the iviclth of the platen needbe very little greater than the height of the largest type employed onthe typewriter. .lllanifestly, since the only obstruction between theguide rollers ovey vliici the papoi strips are led :iiul the advancingmeans (roller 42 an l disks 44 'antl 45) is the extremely narrow platen39. H eie very little opposition to advancement oi said etirips, whichis quite different from the oomlitionthat exists when the area of theplaten is at least as great its that of the largest form tobe used.Siinilarly, advancement of the strips of 1nanifolding material isrendered iar eusiei' for the same reason enol by the same means, and

regulation oi the sidewise positions of the.

paper strips by fingers G8 is facilitated. It will also be noted that,on account of the fact that the 11:1 pot-contact surface of. platen 39is above the level oi? the uppermost points of both the guide rollersanrl disks 4L4: and fps are held upon tile platen ition Without the neoiseiil strips, c, wee with be advanced, and the Lease-see 2. Thecombination, with a typewriter, of-

a platen therefor located outside the frame oi said typewriter butmovable therewith relative to the work sheet for line-space movement,and means connecting said type WI'lllQE' and said platen, wherebymovement of said pleten is caused by movement of said typewriter.

3. The combination, with a typewriter ande support upon whichsaicl'typewriter is movabla of a platen. for said typewriteroarriedsepaiately by said support but movable to the work sheet forline-space movement. 4. The combination, Wlth a typewriter havingaclefinite total effective line-space movement relative to the worksheet, of a platen therefor movable relative to the Work sheet for linespace movementand located outside the trains. of said typewriter, thedimension-of the "Writing surface of said platen in the tliieotion ofsaid line-space movement being less than that of said total line-soecemovement of the typewriter.

5. The combination, with, a typewriter having. a definite totaleffective linespebe movement relative to the WOIllI sheet,. and adefinite total ell ective movement trans versely oi seid sheet, oiplaten therefor and movable with the typewriter line space movement thearea of the Writingsun face of said platen being less than the areacovered by said line-space movement and trans movement of saidtypewriter.

6. The combination, with typewriter, of a platen for said typewriter,and tracks independent of said typewriter upon which said platen ismovable by line-space movement of said typewriter.

.. 7" The combination, with a typewriter, of,

a substantially plane-faced plateulor said typewriter, and tracksindependent of said typewriter upon which said platen is movable both bylinespaoe movenmnt of said typewriter and by return movement thereof toinitial position.

8. The combination in a manilohlino" ll8 "vice, of plurality ofsuperimposed sheets oi" paper each having" a series oi spaced holeszti'i'engetl longitudinally tliemoi; a typevlith-the new of saioltypewriter relative writing machine; a platen therefor located out e theframe of the typewriting machine and beneath the sheets, and said platenbeing movable with the typewriter relative ,5 it) the said strips ofpaper for line-space movement; and means for advancing said sheetspaper, from one of said holes to the n st adjacent hole whereupon saidsheet advancement will cease. 1e 9. The combination in a manifoldingdevice of a plurality of superimposed sheets of mper each having aseries of spaced holes wed longitudinally thereof; a maniieet betweeneach pair of said su- -d sheets of paper; a typewriting a platentherefor located beneath s of paper, and movable with the ewriter forline space movement; and m for advancing said sheets of paper from oneof said holes to the next adjacenthole whereupon said sheet advancementwill id. The combination in a manifolding deof plurality of superimposedsheets of paper each having a series of spliced holes arrangedlongitudinally thereof;-' a manifolding sheet between each pair of saidsuperimposed sheets of paper; a typewriting machine; a platen thereforlocated beneath t sheets ofpaper and movable with the )ewriter for linespace movement; means .or advancing said sheets of paper from one saidholes to the next adjacent hole where n said sheet advancement willcease; and

operated means for moving said ,hcets independently of the npesed sheetsof paper.

combination in a manifolding device, or a plurality of superimposedsheets to of paper each having a series of spaced holes arrangedlongitudinally thereof; a typewriting machine; a platen therefor locatedthe said sheets and movable with the i e for linespace movement; meansadvancing said sheets of paper from one longitudinal opening to the nextwhereupon advancement of said sheets ceases and means for enterin thehole in each sheet just before it reac es the advancing means whereby incase of unregistry of the sheets, they will be brought into registry. l

13. The combination in a manifolding device, of a plurality ofsuperimposed sheets of paper each having a series of spaced holesarranged longitudinally thereof; a typewriting machine; a platen locatedbeneath the said sheets and movable with the typewriter for line-spacemovement; means for advancing said sheets of paper from one longitudinalopening to the next whereupon advancement of said sheets ceases; meansfor entering the hole in each sheet just before it reaches the advancingmeans whereby in case of unregistry'of the sheets, they will be broughtinto registry; and manually operated means for again causing saidadvancing means to become effective.

In testimony of the foregoing, we have hereunto set our hands in thepresence of the subscribing witnesses.

WALTER C. SHOUP. WALTER E. OLIVER. Witnesses:

J. K. MULLER, Jos. F. HILLENBRAND.

